At one point during mostly-peaceful protests Wednesday, the city says, some in the protest were throwing bottles at officers, so police issued an unlawful assembly and disperse order.
AKRON, Ohio — While the protests stayed non-violent for the majority of Wednesday evening, at one point, the city says, some in the protest were throwing bottles at officers, so police issued an unlawful assembly and disperse order in the area of Copley Road near East Avenue.March organizers told us Akron Police have so far not given the community all the space it needs to speak out.
“I feel like a lot people are angry, a lot of people are hurt, they have a lot of stuff built up inside, they're stuck inside because they're afraid of what the police might do to them. So people are afraid to use their voice; I’m not,” demonstrator Franklin Ragsdale said. Right now, there is no word on if any arrests have been made from the damage done to buildings downtown Wednesday night, or the protest hours earlier.Windows broken at several downtown Akron businesses Wednesday night Watch live and local news any time:
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